SB 294-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-1132
02/08
SENATE BILL 294-FN
AN ACT relative to lab fees for career and technical education courses.
SPONSORS: Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Rep. Edgar, Rock. 29; Rep. N. Murphy, Hills. 12; Rep. Muns, Rock. 29
COMMITTEE: Education Finance
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires regional career and technical education agreements to include plans for provision of lab fees for students from sending schools who wish to attend a career and technical education program.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-1132
02/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT relative to lab fees for career and technical education courses.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Regional Career and Technical Education Agreements. Amend RSA 188-E:1-a, V to read as follows:
V. Each RCTEA shall include a plan for sending and regional schools to provide tuition, lab fees, and transportation for any student from a sending school who wishes to attend a CTE program, subject to attainment of prerequisites, space availability within the program, and appropriate qualifications under RSA 188-E:2, VIII(b) and RSA 188-E:8, and report to the commissioner any constraints in funding for tuition, lab fees, and transportation that need to be addressed to provide this opportunity. Sending districts shall be responsible for ensuring students schedules allow for full access to CTE programs offered at the regional CTE center, including travel time on buses.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
25-1132
1/16/25
SB 294-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to lab fees for career and technical education courses.
FISCAL IMPACT:
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Estimated Political Subdivision Impact | ||||
| FY 2025 | FY 2026 | FY 2027 | FY 2028 |
Local Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Local Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable | ||
METHODOLOGY:
This bill, effective for the 2025-2026 school year, requires regional career and technical education (CTE) agreements to include plans for provision of “lab fees” for students from sending schools who wish to attend a career and technical education program. The Department of Education states local costs are indeterminable as “lab fees” is not defined. In addition, sending districts have varying numbers of students enrolled in CTE in each fiscal year, therefore, exactly how much it could cost, per student, will vary per center and on the CTE program that the student is enrolled in. This bill will have no impact on state expenditures.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Education